The personal-finance website WalletHub, in recognizing the number of lives lost during COVID-19, released its report “2021’s Safest States in America” comparing the states across 55 key metrics.
The data set ranges from the percentage of residents who are fully vaccinated to assaults per capita and the unemployment rate.
The safest states in America were Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Utah, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington and Maryland, according to WalletHub.
The least-safest were Tennessee, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Key stats from the survey were:
- New Hampshire had the fewest murders and non-negligent manslaughters per 100,000 residents, 0.88, which is 18 times fewer than in Louisiana, the most at 15.80.
- Massachusetts had the fewest thefts per 1,000 residents, 10.97, which is 2.7 times fewer than in Louisiana, the most at 29.65.
- New Jersey had the most law-enforcement employees per 100,000 residents, 580, which is 2.8 times more than in Washington, the fewest at 208.
- Delaware had the lowest share of high school students who were bullied online, 10.10 percent, which is two times lower than in New Hampshire, the highest at 20.10 percent.